Milton and the Devils Party
"What is All This Sweet Work Worth?" CD
Self-released
Genres: indie pop, pop/rock
June 6 - 12 2005 |
What is All This Sweet Work Worth? sneaks up on you and hooks
you before you even know it. Milton and the Devils Party
are very adept at composing catchy, literate pop songs.
Strangely, the album's first two songs are a couple of their weaker
compositions; "End of the Affair" is okay but unmemorable,
and "Perfect Breasts" is nothing more than a bit of raunchy
fun. Fortunately, the third and fourth songs - "Heathen
Eden" and "Live Without Me" - are two of the record's
best; the former, in fact, is one of the best straightforward pop
songs I've heard in a long time. While I do notice a
considerable amount of filler on this disc, there seems to be a
sufficient number of truly great songs to make the record worth it. Dig
tracks like
"Ugly American" and "Give You The Creeps" for what
they're worth - this isn't life-changing, but it sure makes life
pleasanter in the meanwhile. 85%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
12 tracks, distributed by the
band, released 2004] |
